UNIT 2

Problems associated with water supply in LICs

Specification details

5.2b Water supply problems in LICs, including lack of available ‘clean’ piped water, water-borne disease and water pollution.

How is water managed in LICs

The importance of water in Samburu Land in Kenya: Here

Problems with water supply in LICs

Water hygiene in Bangladesh: here

Task

Read through p151-152On p151 there is a fact file of causes and

consequences of a poor water supply in LICsUse this factfile to create a spider diagram OR

a table OR a poster of the problems

Water Related Diseases

There are 4 water-related diseases: Dysentery Malaria Biharzia Trachoma

In your book, use a sentence explain each disease.

Spider diagram: Why would it be more difficult living in LICs and suffering from these diseases?

Disease

Dysentry

Malaria

Bilhazia

Tracjoma

Homework

On p152 it describes problems due to resource exploitation

Create a poster designed to stop businesses/people from causing this problem

Say what the problem is and how many people it affects